Tropical bird on the loose in Greenwood (updated)

A Greenwood resident was mowing his lawn Thursday morning when a tropical bird wandered by, according a note he sent to PhinneyWood.

“It is a beautiful bird with bright colors and about 3 feet in length,” he wrote.

I followed it in an attempt to catch it, but those buggers are fast! I chased it all around my neighborhood (95th and 2nd in greenwood) with a garbage can in hand, but it flew into a backyard. After searching all over the suspected backyard (now three blocks away from my home) I was unable to catch it and eventually lost it.

See picture at PhinneyWood. This ends your daily wildlife report.

Update: The Woodland Park Zoo agrees with readers struculeus and Surpher1 that it looks like a golden pheasant, but said it’s not theirs. The mystery deepens … — Mónica

Update: Later, a zoo staffer added that golden pheasants are more common among private aviculturalists (bird lovers) than you might think. The zoo gets calls on these birds from time to time, the staffer said. — Mónica